Nida and Blain walked over with great courage, while Beanna followed cautiously from behind, tugging at their clothes.
She heard from her brother that Duke Noy was just as handsome as he was actually terrifying, and that she should never be deceived by Noy's appearance.
Seeing the three of them looking apprehensive, Mu Tiantian tugged at Noyi's hand, signaling him to say a few words.
Noy stopped smiling and looked at Blain and the other two. "Have a seat."
After receiving permission, Nida relaxed, and the three of them sat down.
Mu Tiantian leaned close to Nuoyi's ear and whispered, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Noi felt her presence and felt no discomfort; he even wanted to kiss her more.
But she didn't like being too intimate in front of outsiders, so he had to endure it.
Noi shook his head.
Don't worry, Mu Tiantian.
Blain lowered his eyes and remained silent, looking preoccupied.
“Brain, you can go about your business if you have something to do,” Neu said calmly.
Blain paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes... I have something to do, I'll go take care of it first."
Mu Tiantian opened her mouth, wanting him to eat before leaving, but then she thought that she should care less about him.
She didn't speak. Blaine left the Duke's mansion, feeling a pang of sadness.
Mu Tiantian grabbed a lunchbox, filled it with some cookies and desserts, and handed it to Beanna. "Take this to your brother and tell him you were worried he'd be hungry, so you packed it for him."
Bena looked at the lunchbox in her hand and was touched. How could her brother let go of such a good wife?
After thinking for a while, Mu Tiantian pulled Beanna aside, whispered a few words to her, and then said, "Tell Blain all of this."
After listening, Beanna nodded regretfully and then walked out.
Nida didn't dare to speak; the atmosphere at the table was just too strange.
After Beanna left the Duke's mansion, Mu Tiantian sat back down and said with a smile, "Let's eat."
...
Beanna walked to the front door and saw Blaine sitting on the steps, not having gone anywhere.
"Brother, didn't you have something to do? Why are you sitting here?" Beanna sat down next to him and handed him the lunchbox. "This is what I packed for you. Have some."
Blain took the lunchbox and immediately knew it must have been given to him by Sister Tian Tian.
For mermaids, whether or not they eat dinner is not that important.
Blain gently stroked the lunchbox, a hint of tenderness in his eyes. "She put this in there, didn't she?"
"I knew you would figure it out." Beanna felt a pang of guilt, remembering what Mu Tiantian had told her.
After hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke, "The lady said that she only wanted to save Duke Neu back then, and the reason she saved you was only... only..."
"She used me as a tool to save Noy, so that she would at least let one of us go. Did she ask you to tell me that I was the one she was using?" Blain said the rest of the sentence for her.
Benana was surprised. "How did you know?"
“It’s easy to guess,” Blain said, taking a bite of his cookie. “Because when Ryan said only one could be put in, she said Noe.”
Benana was puzzled, "Then why did you..."
“But she didn’t know that I wasn’t asleep when she was discussing the plan with Noe,” Blain said to Beanna, recounting the events of that year.
When Noe fell ill, his health was also very poor.
Mu Tiantian knew that Raine wouldn't let Noy die, but he wouldn't care whether Noy lived or died. If Noy died, he would be thrown away by Raine, just like the other mermaids before him.
She also knew that Ryan wouldn't let Noy go.
She said she released Noy to provoke Ryan into releasing him.
Therefore, the entire plan was solely for his rescue.
After hearing this, Bena didn't know what to say.
"She made you tell me all this, so she must have realized my feelings and wants me to let go of the past. She probably thinks that I like her because she saved me."
“Isn’t that right?” Beanna asked.
“Liking and gratitude are different.” After saying this, Blain took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, stood up, and walked away.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"I want to go for a walk on the beach by myself." After saying that, Blain walked further and further away until he disappeared at the end of the street.
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